Storyboard Artist, Director, Illustrator

Stephanie Blakey

Hello! I’m a storyboard artist in Vancouver, Canada. I’ve worked on such shows as Cupcake & Dino: General Services, and The Last Kids on Earth. I’ve also been a jury member for the Northwest Animation Festival in 2017 and 2018.

Having grown up on a steady diet of absurd comedy, forbidden horror, Japanese comics, and this-is-definitely-not-for-kids animation, I now create things that are mainly an amalgamation of all of those things. I’m a huge fan of horror and comedy, and like to bring them together in weird ways. I’ve been expressing these influences recently in the form of paper illustrations and comics.

I graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2014 with a Master’s degree in Directing Animation. Currently, I’m developing several personal projects outside of my day job as a storyboard artist. I love working with others on telling funny and weird stories- there’s nothing more satisfying than contributing your best ideas together to make something you could never have thought of on your own.

You can find me sometimes at comic conventions peddling my paper art and comics, and I also make buttons, too! Check my Twitter for convention announcements (though a warning: they’re few and far in between.)

I also made a short film a few years ago that did alright on the festival circuit!

“The Last Resort” was my thesis film at the National Film and Television School featuring the voice talent of Canadian comedian Katherine Ryan, respected stage actor Sir John Standing, and the precocious daughter of Katherine, Violet Ryan. A papercut stop-motion animated love letter to the Canadian Rockies and horror movies, it toured the world and won several awards:

Winner:

Best Animation, Media Film Festival, 2015
Best Short Film, Mirror Mountain Film Festival, 2015
Best of the Fest, Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2014
Audience Award, Austin Film Festival, 2014